We share our learning to assist other organizations and communities as they embark on similar initiatives.
A “Theory of Change” was the backbone for launching Healthier Together and continues to support the initiative.
Selection of the six Healthier Together communities was informed by data and an understanding of natural assets.
Building powerful resident-led networks was the key for effecting change in Healthier Together communities.
Engaging residents as part of the problem-solving process illuminated the complexity, culture, context and circumstances of diverse communities.
Palm Health Foundation has committed $1 million over five years in each of six Palm Beach County communities to enable systemic, fundamental change through capacity building where residents take action for policy and systems change.
Palm Beach County is named by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation a Culture of Health Prize-winning community! Check out our community’s video here.
The Healthier Together initiative is featured, starting on page 164, in the newly published book, Aligning Systems for Health: Two Years of Learning, presented by Georgia Health Policy Center at Georgia State University. Click to download the book.
In ReThink Health’s Unsung Stewards podcast, Palm Health Foundation CEO discusses how the foundation uses a hyperlocal approach in addressing the community’s needs during the COVID-19
Healthier Together Mini Grants Showcase, a learning event, celebrates the diverse resident-led efforts taking place around Palm Beach County
Highlighting the Unity Wall in Lake Worth Beach:
WPTV, Unity Wall Dedicated in Lake Worth Beach
WPBF, Wall of Unity in Lake Worth Beach Brings Community Together
Lake Worth Herald, The Wall for Us All
Download our Healthier Together paper, A Shared Purpose, Transforming Communities Through the Social Determinants of Health.
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